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Statistical Analysis Methodology

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Games of Strategy: Theory and Applications
Classic work from 1961 discusses basic concepts of game theory and its applications for military, economic, and political problems, as well as its usefulness in decisionmaking in business, operations research, and behavioral science.
Oct 8, 2007
Report
Budget Estimating Relationships for Depot-Level Reparables in the Air Force Flying Hour Program
To provide the Air Force with a tool to better understand budgetary submissions, we develop several budget estimating relationships to explain why net sales of flying depot-level reparables are at historic levels.
Aug 22, 2007
Journal Article
Bayesian Methods for Scalable Multivariate Value-Added Assessment
Interest in value-added models relying on longitudinal student-level test score data to isolate teachers' contributions to student achievement.
Jan 1, 2007
Journal Article
Noncoverage and Nonresponse in an Internet Survey
The authors explore the correlates of noncoverage and nonresponse in an Internet survey conducted as part of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS).
Jan 1, 2007
Journal Article
Accounting for Variation in the Explanatory Power of the Psychometric Paradigm: The Effects of Aggregation and Focus
A study of risk perceptions in Santiago, Chile.
Jan 1, 2007
Journal Article
Sampling with Field Burden Constraints: An Application to Sheltered Homeless and Low-Income Housed Women
Authors present a statistically efficient, cost-effective way of collecting a probability sample in the presence of certain field burden constraints.
Jan 1, 2006
Journal Article
Assessing the Effect of Race Bias in Post-Traffic Stop Outcomes Using Propensity Scores
Due to community demands, case settlements, and state laws concerning racial profiling, police departments are collecting data on traffic stops.
Jan 1, 2006
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Assessing the Effect of Race Bias in Post-traffic Stop Outcomes Using Propensity Scores
Addresses the role race plays a role in officers' use of discretion in traffic stops by proposing a technique to determine the extent to which race bias affects citation rates, search rates, and the duration of the stop.
Jan 1, 2006
Journal Article
Outlier Detection and Editing Procedures for Continuous Multivariate Data
We present a semi-automatic method of outlier detection for continuous, multivariate survey data that is designed to identify outlying cases and suggest potential errors on a case-by-case basis, in the presence of missing data.
Jan 1, 2006
Journal Article
Latent Variable Analysis: A New Approach to University Ranking
Applies a Bayesian latent variable analysis to the task of determining rankings of universities in the UK and US.
Jan 1, 2005
Journal Article
Evaluating the Statistical Significance of Health-Related Quality-of-Life Change in Individual Patients
Provides an overview of the evaluation of statistically significant change in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for individual patients.
Jan 1, 2005
Report
Measuring the Effects of Teachers and Schools on Student Performance
If teachers and schools are to be held accountable for their students' performance, strategies for measuring the impact of their work must be refined, or the uncertainties of these measurements must be taken into account.
May 2, 2004
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Propensity Score Estimation with Boosted Regression for Evaluating Causal Effects in Observational Studies
Propensity score weights estimated using boosting eliminate most pretreatment group differences and substantially alter the apparent relative effects of adolescent substance abuse treatment.
Jan 1, 2004
Journal Article
Multiple Edit/Multiple Imputation for Multivariate Continuous Data
Multiple imputation replaces an incomplete dataset with m > 1 simulated complete versions that are analyzed separately by standard methods.
Jan 1, 2003
Journal Article
Sensitivity Analysis for Hierarchical Models Employing T Level-1 Assumptions
Much work on sensitivity analysis for hierarchical models (HMs) has focused on level-2 outliers.
Jan 1, 2002
Journal Article
What Patient Population Does Visit Based Sampling in Primary Care Settings Represent?
Consecutive visit-based sampling actually selected patients with a visit pattern more typical of the patient population visiting 4+ times a year.
Jan 1, 2002
Report
The Largest Published Source of Random Digits and Normal Deviates
A product of RAND's pioneering work in computing, the tables of random numbers in this book have become a standard reference in engineering and econometrics textbooks and have been widely used in gaming and simulations that employ Monte Carlo trials.
Jan 1, 2001
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Public Policy and Statistics: Case Studies from RAND
This casebook describes the varied analytical techniques and substantive applications that typify how statistical thinking has been applied at RAND over the past two decades.
Jan 1, 2000
Report
Effectiveness Research and Implications for Study Design: Sample Size and Statistical Power
Contrasting a broad range of outcome and cost measures, the authors analyze the implications for sample sizes and study design using data from prior mental health and primary care studies that span a wide range of practice settings, patient populations and geographic areas.
Jan 1, 1999
Journal Article
A Subdivisional Scheme for Linear Programs with an Additional Reverse Convex Constraint
In this paper, global optimization of linear programs with an additional reverse convex program is considered.
Jan 1, 1998

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Statistical Analysis Methodology

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Statistical Modeling